Re: the lazy mans HW research

[Chuck Anderson <cra () WPI EDU>]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:47:41PM +0000, bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:
>       i find myself in need of a multiport (8-16) 1 Gig ethernet HUB.
>
>       or a switch smart enough to do transparant port mirroring to at least
>       four ports.
>
>       some kind soul pointed me here, http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=337
>       but its not clear if this will actually perform as desired.

I was recently pointed at this:

http://www.dual-comm.com/gigabit_port-mirroring-LAN_switch.htm

Haven't ordered one to try yet, but it looks very useful for 
troubleshooting GigE and PoE links, alas only 5 ports a 1 mirror.